Rep. Bernie Sanders, CSPAN Journal

[paineinthearse]

Starting at 8:10 AM

Will be proposing amendment today to patriot act section 215.

[immoderate]

1. Bernie is smokin'!!!

He BLASTED the administration and House leadership while criticizing the Patriot Act. He did it smoothly, elegantly, devastatingly.

Wow!

--IMM

[Douglas Carpenter]

2. This in from David Sirota about Bernie this AM

http://www.davidsirota.com/2005/06/vt-democrats-unifying-behind-sanders.html

Tuesday, June 14, 2005
VT Democrats Unifying Behind Sanders in '06
When Democrats and progressives split the vote and lose to Republicans, that's a bad thing - especially if it happened in a race for an office as important as U.S. Senator. That's why it was good news that 25 prominent Vermont Democrats signed a letter endorsing Vermont's Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders in his 2006 bid to replace retiring Senator Jim Jeffords.

True, some second-tier Democrats continue to threaten to run in an effort to split the vote and throw the race to the GOP. But clearly not the mainstream Democratic leaders in the state. Sanders has long been a fighter for middle-class issues, and has consistently voted with Democrats on key issues in Congress. Democratic efforts to weaken his candidacy are silly, and only help the GOP. Luckily, the state's Democratic leadership realizes this - and is getting on the moving train.

Sanders will be one of the few dyed-in-the-wool progressives in the U.S. Senate - but he's going to need all the help we can give him, as he refuses to take corporate PAC money. Join me in kicking in a few bucks to Sanders' campaign so that we make sure we make the most of this historic opportunity to elect someone to the Senate who speaks for ordinary Americans.




http://www.bernie.org

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. Is it socially acceptable on DU to say "Bernie Speaks For Me" ?

http://www.bernie.org

[Al-CIAda]

4. It is for me. Bernie kicks ass! n/t

[ThomWV]

5. I Have Contributed To Bernie and I will Again

I have been listening to Bernie on Thom Hartmann's radio show, where he is a guest on friday mornings, for the last couple of years. It used to be easy to get through and so I've had a couple of questions anaswered by him.

He is what so many of our politicians are not - and need not be I might add - he is an honerable man. That's something you don't expect of politicians and in fact there is no reason to. However, when you find it in a politician, and one who shares your view of the proper operaton of Government it makes it all the easier to support him or her. So I give to Bernie and it would please me if you did as well.

By the way, I have been a registered Democrat since 1968 and have only voted for a handful of non-Democrats in the 37 years since so this is really not a matter of Party loyality.

[Independent_Liberal]

6. Cool, I knew Bernie was working on an amendment to the Act.

I heard about this a while back. This is good.